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Track & Field's Fave Web Links...Clubs and Labels

Cool record labels...

Bungalow
http://www.bungalow.de/
Home of Stereo Totale and Olympic Lifts plus much much more.
Chemikal Underground
http://www.chemikal.co.uk/
Creation Records
http://www.creation-records.com/
A great archive site for one of the biggest influences of Track & Field. Amazing stuff.

Domino Recording Co.
http://www.dominorecordco.com
The world renowned Domino Records site. Home of Pavement, Sebadoh, The Pastels, Silver Jews and lots more of our faves. This is a great site with lots of interesting stuff to browse through. Not only does it LOOK nice, it's also really well organised so you can find your way round dead easily while you listen to the latest installment of Radio Domino. You can also check out the catalogue and watch some videos of your fave Domino artistes.
Dreamy Records
http://www.dreamyrecords.com/
Home to the (Real) Tuesday Weld and much more.
Elefant

http://www.elefant.com
Super smart and highly groovy site from those lovely Spanish pop kids-loads of info about Elefant releases from artistes including Ladybug Transistor, Juniper Moon and Cinerama plus videos, MP3s and the Elefant single club. There is also info on how to buy Elefant releases. Content apart, it's a visual treat with lovely 1960s inspired icons and bright bold colours and you get a choice of English or Spanish as well!
Elephant 6
http://www.elephant6.com
Everything you need to know and more about all the marvellous E6 bands including band histories, photos, mp3s and press for of Montreal, Essex Green, Apples in Stereo, Olivia Tremor Control, The Minders and Beulah among many others. The links section is huge and inclubes Of Montreal and Apples in Stereo tab sites for all you budding E6 buskers!
Fat Cat Records
http://www.fat-cat.co.uk/
Fortuna Pop
http://www.fortunapop.com
Sean Fortuna Pop keeps you up-to-date with the latest goings of his top recording artistes Airport Girl, The Chemistry Experiment, Aislers Set, Comet Gain and Butterflies of Love. There's also a nifty forum where you can sell any spare cocker spaniels you might have-honest!
Hype City Records
http://www.hypecity.no
Norwegian label who have released singles from Great Lakes and the Late BP Helium as well as the great Winter Report compilation.
K
http://www.kpunk.com/
Calvin Johnson's international pop underground vision. Home to his incredible Beat Happening and many others. What more do you need to know!
Kill Rock Stars
http://www.killrockstars.com/
Kindercore
http://www.kindercore.com

Our pals at Kindercore keep us up to date with all their bands including those they share with T&F - Dressy Bessy, I Am The World and Great Lakes. You can join the Kindercore Singles Club, buy Kindercore releases, listen to MP3s and enjoy the cool snowflake design website.
Magic Marker
http://www.magicmarkerrecords.com
Based in Portland, Oregon and dedicated to pure pop. A great catalogue includes releases from Dear Nora, Plastic Mastery and and the Galactic Heroes.
Merge Records
http://www.mergerecords.com
US based label run by the good fellows from Superchunk. US home to the Ladybug Transistor, the Essex Green and the Clientele amongst others.
Must Destroy
http://www.mustdestroymusic.com/
Orange Twin
http://www.orangetwin.com
Orangetwin.com is a co-op web store and artists' gallery that raises funds to support wilderness preservation. It is run by members of Elfpower and also supports local artists and musicians by providing a place that is easy and affordable for them to display and sell their works. Now the American home for Great Lakes, also check out excellent releases from the Instruments, Jeff Mangum, the Late BP Helium and Elfpower.
Perfect Pop
http://www.perfectpop.no
Norway's premier indie pop label. Home of the fantastic Jessica Fletchers and the Loch Ness Mouse.
Pickled Egg Records
http://www.pickled-egg.co.uk
The crazy world of Nigel Turner. Based in Leicester and a home for some of the best in twisted leftfield pop. Great releases from Big Eyes, Oddfellowes Casino and Pop-off Tuesday as well as the classic Evolution Control Committee who brought us the Whipped Cream mixes.
Pointy Records
http://www.pointyrecords.co.uk
London based UK home to the Ladybug Transistor and the Clientele.
Shelflife
http://www.shelflife.com
Sick Room
http://www.sickroomgc.co.uk
Rhys brings you a groovy website adorned with pics from what look like his gran's 1960s knitting patterns. Sick Room brings us releases from Bearsuit, Kaito, Aqua Vista...
Slumberland Records
http://www.dropbeat.com/slrland/
Slumberland seems to have been around for ages releasing brilliant tunes from all around the world. Releases include Stereolab 'Switched On' LP and much of the Aislers Set catalogue.
Transformed Dreams
http://www.transformeddreams.com/
Amsterdam based label with releases by Peel faves Melys plus others like Seedling and Seesaw. Marcel also runs very cool monthly shows upstairs at the legendary Paradiso venue in Amsterdam.
Twisted Nerve
http://www.twistednerve.co.uk/
Waaaah
http://www.bubbyworld.com
Portal site with access to the Waaaah / Bring on Bull label that gave us a great political fanzine and singles by the Field Mice and The Orchids amongst others. You can also access sites for Bubbyworld, Altered Images and Microdisney.
Wichita
http://www.wichita-recordings.com
UK home of The Pattern, Bright Eyes, Her Space Holiday and Brave Captain. You can shop on line, join the mailing list, listen to tracks from Wichita artistes and chat via the Wichita message board.

Cool clubs and promoters...

Accelerator
http://www.klubbacc.nu/
Great club night in Stockholm. Many of the top pop groups passing through Sweden play here.
Artrocker
http://www.artrocker.co.uk
If you like yer rock n roll on the noisy side, you'll love the Artrocker club and what's more you can apply to be a member via their website which means it's free as well. While you're there we also recommend you subscribe to the Artrocker mailout - forget Time Out, Delia's gig guide tells it like it is: "hmv- libertines 8.30...maybe they will give you some of the drugs or groupies they keep on blahblahblahing on about if you're first in the queue? gosh they're so dangerous!"
Da Doo Ron Ron
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/dadooronron/
Ah we loved DDRR when it was held at Po Na Na in Islington and now it's back on in bracing Brighton - as good a reason as any to spend a weekend by the seaside. For the uninitiated, it's girl group heaven - you'll never hear a male lead vocal at DDRR but you'll hear plenty of The Chiffons, Maxine Brown, Brenda Holloway, Dusty, The Marvelettes, etc. Lovely!
Luger Agency
http://www.luger.se/
Very helpful sorts based in Stockholm who have their finger on the pulse unlike many UK counterparts. Used by tns of the bigger established bands when touring in Sweden. Booked the of Montreal dates in Sweden in January 2003.
The Music Room
http://members.aol.com/themusicroomst9/
John O in Stoke generally puts on shows on a Monday night. Great Lakes played a storming set there in November 2002. He also runs a record shop - check out the website for more details.
Melting Vinyl
http://www.meltingvinyl.co.uk
Anna Moulson is THE Brighton indie scene's gig organiser - her site lists all the gigs you need to know about in Brighton and info on buying tickets.
Night With No Name
http://www.nightwithnoname.com
Anton has been putting on gigs and clubs in Nottingham for over 10 years. Check his site for all the coolest stuff happening in the East Midlands and take a look at the highly impressive list of gigs he's been involved in over the years.
Offbeat
http://www.shef.ac.uk/~offbeat/
Offbeat is Sheffield's top indie club. We love the dancing Hello Kittys on the homepage but there's lots and lots of useful info as well. The club has its own section and includes playlists and charts and you can send in requests for tracks you'd like them to play. There are also comprehensive and up-to-date listings of clubs, gigs, venues and shops in Sheffield and further affield. You can send in reviews of gigs and buy Offbeat merchandise-t-shirts, badges and even Top Trumps and Offbeatopoly! All of this while you listen to Offbeat's latest choice of background music!
Oozells Promotions
http://www.oozells.co.uk
Newcastle's top indie promoters-check their site for clubs, festivals and gigs.
Pop Art Records
http://www.popartrecords.co.uk
Manchester record shop and gig promoter.
Purr
http://www.purr.org.uk
Top club night at Moles Club, Bath every other Thursday. Also now home to the Purr record label.
Rare Pleasures
http://www.rarepleasures.com
Tony Green is probably the hardest working promoter in London. You'll probably know him as he's always stood outside every decent show in town giving out his flyers. He generally covers all the stuff that's too weird for us together with a lot of singer-songwriter stuff. Venues he uses include the Arts Cafe and the Spitz. He also coordinates the Independent Promoters Network - anyone from outside the UK looking to tour our fair and pleasant land should drop Tony a line.
Strange Fruit
http://www.strange-fruit.co.uk
Strange Fruit pride themselves on being off-kilter and eclectic - at their club nights in various London venues you may hear anything from Duran Duran to The Field Mice; France Gall to Add N to (X); Joy Division to the Dr Who theme tune. Their evenings always kick off with live music and in the past 12 months they have hosted gigs from T&F artistes Dressy Bessy, Saloon, Kicker and The Loves. You can join their mailing list to find out about what they are up to and receive their Fruitbowl newsletter.
We Love Records
http://www.weloverecords.co.uk/
We Love Records do everything. It's a one stop shop for gigs and distribution in Northern Ireland and they even have time to play in their band, Tracer AMC, who were recently spied supporting Fugazi. Give'em a shout if you want to get your records to people in Northern Ireland or fancy playing a show in Belfast.

If you know of any cool sites drop us an e-mail ....oh and please contact us if any of these links don't work....Cheers!

The Track & Field Organisation
Top Flat, 7 Lakefield Road, London, N22 6RR, UK
info@trackandfield.org.uk

Last updated: 28 September, 2003